diff --git a/lib/http2.c b/lib/http2.c
index a3eee0ea72..ad7ae1d1b8 100644
--- a/lib/http2.c
+++ b/lib/http2.c
@@ -500,32 +500,42 @@ static int set_transfer_url(struct Curl_easy *data,
   CURLU *u = curl_url();
   CURLUcode uc;
   char *url;
+  int rc = 0;
 
   v = curl_pushheader_byname(hp, ":scheme");
   if(v) {
     uc = curl_url_set(u, CURLUPART_SCHEME, v, 0);
-    if(uc)
-      return 1;
+    if(uc) {
+      rc = 1;
+      goto fail;
+    }
   }
 
   v = curl_pushheader_byname(hp, ":authority");
   if(v) {
     uc = curl_url_set(u, CURLUPART_HOST, v, 0);
-    if(uc)
-      return 2;
+    if(uc) {
+      rc = 2;
+      goto fail;
+    }
   }
 
   v = curl_pushheader_byname(hp, ":path");
   if(v) {
     uc = curl_url_set(u, CURLUPART_PATH, v, 0);
-    if(uc)
-      return 3;
+    if(uc) {
+      rc = 3;
+      goto fail;
+    }
   }
 
   uc = curl_url_get(u, CURLUPART_URL, &url, 0);
   if(uc)
-    return 4;
+    rc = 4;
+  fail:
   curl_url_cleanup(u);
+  if(rc)
+    return rc;
 
   if(data->state.url_alloc)
     free(data->state.url);